Dec 8- Retailer Sears Holdings Corp reported its fifth straight quarterly loss and said there was no guarantee when it would return to profitability, underscoring its struggle to stanch a years-long decline in sales. Total revenue fell 14.3 percent to $5.03 billion in the third quarter ended Oct. 29, hit by lower demand at its Kmart and Sears outlets.

Dec 8- Retailer Sears Holdings Corp reported its fifth straight quarterly loss and said there was no guarantee when it would return to profitability. Total revenue fell 14.3 percent to $5.03 billion in the third quarter ended Oct. 29, hit by lower demand at its Kmart and Sears outlets. Net loss attributable to Sears' shareholders swelled to $748 million, or $6.99...

LONDON, Nov 25- British retailers reported strong online demand in early "Black Friday" trading, as shoppers chased deals in a spending spree that is expected to top last year's record level. Currys PC World- part of Dixons Retail, Europe's largest electricals and telecommunications retailer- reported its highest ever number of orders, up 40 percent on 2015, with...

"We're expecting today to be our biggest sales day of the year," John Rogers, chief executive of electricals to toys retailer Argos told BBC radio. Mark Elliot of credit card provider MBNA told BBC radio that Friday "is going to be the biggest shopping day ever in British retail history. UK retailers will be hoping the promotions kick-start Christmas trading,...

PARIS, Oct 13- Retailer Casino said it would hit its French profit forecast for the year on Thursday, despite a slowing of third quarter sales growth due to a weaker performance in France which overshadowed robust food sales in Brazil. Casino, whose credit rating was cut to junk by Standard& Poor's in March, is under pressure to revive profits in France, where it makes...

BEIJING, Sept 19- Chinese online retailer JD.com Inc said on Monday Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is carrying out an internal review, after the e-commerce firm referred a customer report of a Galaxy Note 7 battery fire to the South Korean company. In a statement on Samsung's Chinese website dated Sept. 14, the South Korean firm said that Galaxy Note 7 phones sold after...

*UK and Ireland underlying sales up 4 pct. LONDON, Sept 8- Dixons Carphone, Britain's biggest consumer electricals and mobile phone retailer, reported better than expected first-quarter sales on Thursday and said it had not seen any impact on demand from the vote in June to leave the European Union. Shares in the company, which trades as Currys, PC World and Carphone...

LONDON, Sept 8- Dixons Carphone, Britain's biggest consumer electricals and mobile phone retailer, beat forecasts on Thursday with a 4 percent rise in quarterly sales and said it had seen no impact from the vote to leave the European Union in June. The company, which trades as Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse in the UK and Ireland, Elkjop and El Giganten in...

Aug 23- Best Buy Co Inc reported a much higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strength in health and wearable items like smartwatches, and the largest U.S. electronics retailer raised its earnings outlook, sending its shares up nearly 17 percent. Best Buy Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly said he expected demand to increase this quarter and next as...

Aug 23- Best Buy Co Inc reported a much higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strength in health and wearable items like smartwatches, and the largest U.S. electronics retailer raised its earnings outlook, sending its shares up nearly 16 percent. Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly said he expected mobile phone sales to increase this quarter and next as...

The largest U.S. consumer electronics retailer also forecast revenue of $8.8 billion- $8.9 billion and a profit of 43- 47 cents per share for the third quarter. Analysts on average were expecting revenue of $8.77 billion and a profit of 45 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Best Buy said net income rose to $198 million, or 61 cents per share, in the...